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Cybercriminals have discovered a new way to spread malware to unsuspecting users, this time by manipulating BNB Smart Chain (BSC) smart contracts to hide malware and disseminate malicious code.A breakdown of the technique known as “EtherHiding” was shared by security researchers at Guardio Labs in an Oct. 15 report, explaining
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A set of malicious packages impersonating Kraken, Solana and Monero has flooded NuGet’s server as hackers launch new scams. NuGet, a manager used for packaging and distributing software written with the .NET framework, appears to be a target for bad actors seeking to exploit vulnerabilities, impersonating crypto-related packages. As first reported by
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An apparent malicious app purporting to be crypto hardware wallet Trezor has been taken off Apple’s App Store, though a quick search has revealed that other copycat apps are still lurking.On June 20, Managing Partner at Crypto Lawyers, Rafael Yakobi, posted a security alert regarding Apple’s App Store. Yakobi reported
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Adding to the existing roadblocks of the decentralized crypto mixer Tornado Cash, an attacker managed to gain full control of the governance through a malicious proposal. On May 20 at 3:25 ET, an attacker successfully granted 1.2 million votes to a malicious proposal. Given that the proposal received more than 700,000
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Algorand-based wallet provider MyAlgo has again urged users to withdraw their funds after a February security breach which doesn’t appear to have been resolved.Update: Funds are still being actively drained from MyAlgo users. https://t.co/fzkS9PFkAm pic.twitter.com/cgrWigu2Wn— ZachXBT (@zachxbt) March 6, 2023 Meanwhile, decentralized exchange Algodex has revealed a malicious actor infiltrated a
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The feature is still in draft form and would require a soft fork in order to be adopted into Bitcoin Core. Source
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The popular anime-inspired profile-picture (PFP) collection recently introduced The Garden as a meeting platform for holders of its NFTs. According to data from secondary marketplace OpenSea, Azuki's current floor price is 14.76 ether (ETH), or about $23,600, and the project has done 274,510 ETH, or about $4.4 million, in total
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Web3 browser Opera has announced a new set of security tools intended to help its users mitigate common risks associated with malicious actors in the Web3 ecosystem.The new set of security tools called Web3 Guard is a suite of browser security features that promises to protect users against malicious decentralized
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There are endless reasons for this, but one in particular deserves highlighting. As Kotaku’s reviewer observed, Horizon Worlds is currently packed with hall monitor-like “community guides” keeping watch on what’s going on. From a business perspective, that might be the scariest signal of all, highlighting the risk that Horizon Worlds
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Proposals in crypto help communities make consensus-based decisions. However, for decentralized music platform Auduis, the passing of a malicious governance proposal resulted in the transfer of tokens worth $5.9 million, with the hacker making away with $1 million. On July 24, a malicious proposal (Proposal #85) requesting the transfer of 18
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